IGN - Is Metacritic Ruining The Games Industry?It also leads to some very dodgy behaviour from the publisher side of things. Iíve been told stories of PR executives working on particular games being directed to specifically target these smaller sites in the hope of raising that average score and covering up a less enthusiastic reception from the big outlets. For most people working in games marketing, Metacritic will come up during their annual review process, and a less-than-ideal average score for a game will sometimes result in a severe bollocking.

MisterBenn wrote on Jul 18, 2012, 11:27:you log in and maintain a list of what review sources you trust and it gives you a personalised summary of those reviews!

Metacritic doesn't do that?

I know RottenTomatoes does and it works quite well: you create a cherry picked list of critics that seem to echo your own taste or hold similar opinions. It takes some research, but if you do it, its worth the effort because you'll see the critic and fan average, and then you can compare that to your short list.

The problem is that most games require much more than a 2-3 hour passive experience, and you're favorite reviewers may not rate the games you're interested in.